Re^2: Win32 Perl-Critic Setup Question

Hi Herkum,

After a un-&re-install of ActiveState 5.8.6, installing "Bundle-Perl-Critic" from the ActiveState ppm and then all specific packages it works now.

Originally I had indeed installed through cpan the "Bundle-Perl-Critic-IncludingOptionalDependencies".

Re-installing through ActiveState ppm the "Scalars::Util" always got stuck on the XS-part being skipped.

As of Perl 5.8.8 the MinGW GCC compiler is supported, older versions (such as 5.8.6) still need the Microsoft VC++ compiler (meaning licenses, etcetera).
There is the tutorial how to achieve this with VC++. I'll test it out soon how to achieve this with VS2005. (The VS2005 is preferable to VS2003 due to VS2003 digital signature restrictions on compiled dll's.)

Many thanks for sharing your experiences!
Many thanks to all the other perlmonks who answered!

Greetings
ddn123456

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Re^3: Win32 Perl-Critic Setup Question by syphilis (Archbishop) on May 30, 2008 at 09:29 UTC
older versions (such as 5.8.6) still need the Microsoft VC++ compiler You can use MinGW with older versions of ActivePerl if you install Extutils::FakeConfig and then: `set perl5opt=-MConfig_m` [download] This is covered in a little more detail in Compiling C/C++ based Modules under ActiveState using MinGW. I've been using this method with ActivePerl build 806 (perl-5.8.0) with good mileage. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Win32 Perl-Critic Setup Question by ddn123456 (Pilgrim) on May 30, 2008 at 13:00 UTC
Hi Rob, Great news! Just installed "Extutils::FakeConfig". Looks like a great weekend ahead for me :-). Thanks a lot. Cheers. ddn123456	[reply]